Mahler Symphony No. 6, Part 3

Albert Camus once wrote: “when I describe what the catastrophe of
man looks like, music comes into my mind—the music of Gustav
Mahler.” The last movement of Mahler 6 is a symphony within a
symphony. It is a difficult movement to understand, and even the
way it ends is full of the emotional complexity that marks
Mahler’s music. I'll take you through this movement today,
through its peaks and valleys of ecstasy and despair all the way
to the hammer blows that cut our hero down as he strives ever
upward.